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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: "Calm With Horses" Pages 132-167.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the best way to describe how the young men outside The Yellow Belly feel about those who go off to college?
(a) The college students are their hope for the future.
(b) The college students are condescending and rude.
(c) The college students are abandoning those left at home.
(d) The college students are not smarter, just luckier.

2. What does Jimmy use to write "Marry Me" on Mark's car?
(a) A key.
(b) His own blood.
(c) A paint marker.
(d) Lipstick.

3. The atmosphere of "Bait" is partially created by what unusual weather?
(a) Thirteen days of heat and no rain.
(b) Ten inches of rain over four days.
(c) Record-breaking high winds.
(d) Lightening in a cloudless sky.

4. Which American actor does Jimmy claim that Tug models his "look" after?
(a) Jack Nicholson.
(b) Burt Reynolds.
(c) James Gandolfini.
(d) Marlon Brando.

5. What does "Father Time" always have with him?
(a) A book.
(b) A knife.
(c) A beer.
(d) A dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is evident in the phrase "the squeaking of the wheels and the clanking of the chain" (47)?

2. What is the likely rhetorical purpose of the midges and the fly mentioned in the story?

3. What is implied when the crowd begins to thin out after Tansey arrives?

4. Why is the source of Jack's behaviors that puzzle Arm?

5. What is Martina expected to study in college, and what does she actually study?

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